Locking whip-socket.



J. OLSAPSKIE.

LOCKING WHIP SOCKET.

APPLICATION FILED IAB.. 11, 1908.

909, l 09. Patentd Jan. 5, 1909.

aucun? PATENT oEErcE.

JOHN OLSAFSKIE, OF PANA, ILLINOIS.

LOCKING WHIP-SOCKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 11, 1908.

` Patented Jan. 5, 1909.

Serial No. 420,413.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN OLsAEsKIE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pana, in the county of Christian and State of Illinois, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Locking Whip- Sockets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to locking whip sockets, and one of the principal objects of the same is to provide means whereby for locking a whip within the socket so that said whip cannot be withdrawn during the absence of the owner of the vehicle.`

Another object of the inventionis to provide a looking whip socket in which a whip can be readily locked within the socket and in which the whip may be withdrawn from the socket by means of a spring actuated foot lever. V

These and other objects may be attained by means of the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which,-`

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a whip socket and lock made in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same. Fig. 3` is a detail perspective view of one member of the locking device.

Referring to the drawing for a more speciiic description of my invention, the numeral 1 designates a whip socket which may be of the usual or any suitable type. Secured to the whi socket 1 is the locking device comprising t e arms 2 and a clamping ring 3 for clamping said arms to the socket 1, said clamping ring being provided with a binding screw 4. At the upper ends of the arms 2 a flange 5is provided, and projecting inwardly from the iange 5 is a? plate 6 provided with an aperture which substantially conforms to the opening in the upper end of the whip socket 1. A suitable lock 7 is secured to the plate 6, and a'keyhole 8 is formed in said plate6. Mounted upon the plate 6 is a stationary jaw plate 9, and hinged to said stationary jaw plate 9 is the movable jaw member 10, said jaw member 10 being connected to the member 9 by a hinge pintle 11. The member 10 is connected to a locking plate 12, said locking plate having a downwardly extending bolt keeper 13 to accommodate the bolt of the lock 7,

actuated. by a key placed within the keyhole 8.

The locking plate 12 is pivoted upon the lower end of the pintle 11, and connected to said plate 12 is a link 14 pivoted at 15 to the plate 12. Pivotally connected to the outer end of the link 14 is a lever 16, said lever having an offset portion 17 and an upright lug 18 connected to the link 14 by a pintle 19. The lever 16 is pivoted at 20 to a bracket 21 riveted at 22 to one of the arms 2.

A guide 23 for the lever 16 is secured to the arms 2, and between the guide23 and the bracket 21 is a curved spring 24 which bears against the rear edge of the lever 16 to normally hold the locking plate 12 in the position shown in Fig. 1 with the bolt keeper 13 inserted in a slot 25 in the lock 7. The lower end of the lever 16 is inclined, as at 26, so that when the foot is placed upon this portion and pushed forwardly against the tension of the s ring 24 the link 14 will withdraw the loc ng plate 12 from the slot 25 and carry with it the movable member 10 of the locking jaws to release the whip from the socket 1. Normally the spring 24 pushes the plate 12 inwardly in position to be locked by a key placed in the ke hole 8 and turned to roject a bolt into the olt keeper 13.

rom the foregoing it will be obvious that a whip socket made in accordance with my invention will prevent the loss of whips while the owners of vehicles are away from the vehicle. `In fact, whether the lock is used or not the lever 16 will hold the movable jaw 10 in osition to secure the whip within the soc et, and unless the lever 16 is actuated the whip will be held within the socket. However, for greater security the lock 7 provides means whereby the whip will be securely held in the socket against surreptitious withdrawal.

My whip socket is comparatively simple in construction, can be manufactured at slight cost and will be found very efiicient for its pur ose.

aving thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is z- 1. A whip socket having a pair of j aws connected thereto, one of said jaws being hinged and movable, a locking plate connected to said jaw, a lock, a link connected to said locking member,` a lever connected to said link,

1 and movable, a looking plate Connected to and a spring for normally holdingI said lever l bearing against said lever Jfor holding the and locking plate in locked position. l locking plate in locked osition. l) 2. A whip socket having a pair of jaws conl ln testimony whereof aHiX my Signature nected thereto, one of said jaws being hinged in presence of two witnesses.

Y JOHN OLSAFSKIE.

said jaw, a lock, a link connected to said l/Vitnesses: locking plate, a foot lever connected to said MARKS BUDDs, link, a keeper for said lever, and a spring F. H. BUDDS. 

